Practical First Aid
First Aid for Building and Construction Industry
Time: 6 hours plus breaks
Certificate valid for 3 years
Qualsafe Fully Regulated
- Construction workers and building companies responsible for First Aid cover for Businesses of up to 50 employees or larger or complex risk businesses looking to increase support for qualified FAW staff
- Anyone requiring a regulated First Aid training qualification
- Admin staff and professional tradespeople.
Every course is tailored to the needs of those attending – please let us know if there are particular areas you need us to cover.
By the end of the course you will have learnt:
- Prioritising injuries and action in an emergency.
- How to provide immediate medical care in an emergency.
- How to assess if someone is unconscious, whether or not they are breathing and how and when to put them into the recovery position or start CPR.
- We will cover common accidents and injuries relevant to your industry and empower you with the skills and confidence to provide an immediate and appropriate first aid response.
- Baby first aid and Child First Aid are included and we will always tailor the course to the requirements of your work.
- Managing an incident
- Priorities of First Aid
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby and child who is breathing – recovery position
- Treatment of an unconscious adult, baby or child who is not breathing – CPR
- Importance of a defibrillator and how to use an AED*
- Heart Attack and Angina*
- Stroke
- Choking
- Shock
- Bleeding – grazes, splinters, embedded objects, amputated parts, knocked out teeth, mouth injury, eye injury, bruising, nose bleeds, objects in eyes, ears, nose…
- Burns and scalds
- Head injuries, concussion, compression & skull fracture *
- Spinal injuries*
- Breaks, soft tissue injuries & dislocations *
- Anaphylactic shock and acute allergic reaction
- Fitting and seizures
- First Aid Kits
- The aftermath, accident forms…
* Head and spinal injuries, Heart Attacks, breaks & soft tissue injuries are not included within the HSE first aid syllabus but are incorporated into our course. Extra time is added to include these additional topics.
Continuous assessment by trainer, practical assessments to cover wound management, care of an unconscious casualty, CPR and a multiple choice paper.
Ofqual Approved Certification through Qualsafe Awards is valid for 3 years.
Summary:
First Aid for Life is an Award Winning fully regulated First Aid Training provider, our trainers are highly experienced medical and emergency services professionals who will tailor the training to your needs.
We specialise in teaching First Aid to those in the building and construction industry and empowering you with the skills to help in a medical emergency at work. We routinely work with builders, scaffolders, surveyors, and many more individuals and organisations. We receive great feedback on the professional but relaxed approach of our trainers and everyone leaves feeling far more confident that they would be able to help in an emergency situation.
Our Emergency First Aid at Work courses cover the full HSE syllabus and we also include Heart Attacks, Head and Spinal Injuries and Asthma and ensure they are relevant to the needs of the Construction Industry. If there are a group of you we would be delighted to come and run a one day EFAW, 3 day FAW or 2 day re-qualification for you at your premises.
Our online first aid courses are ideal as pre-learning for people with English as a Second Language or to fulfil the requirements as an Appointed Person for First Aid.
I think you should approach the Health and Safety Executive and suggest that all building trades should do the EFA course as part of their training and qualifications for being able to work on a construction site.
Details:
We specialise in first aid training for the building and construction industry, equipping builders, scaffolders, surveyors and related professionals with the skills to manage medical emergencies at work. Our trainers combine professionalism with a relaxed approach, earning consistently positive feedback and leaving everyone more confident in their ability to help in a crisis. Fully regulated by Ofqual, Qualsafe Awards and the RQF framework, our courses meet HSE guidelines and can be tailored to address the emergencies most relevant to your line of work.
